Big update for lakhs of students waiting for Bihar Board 10th and 12th exam 2027


Patna/New Delhi: There is very important news for more than 30 lakh students of the state who are going to appear in the upcoming annual board examination 2027 of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB). Bihar Board every year makes a record of being the first to conduct the examination and declare the result among all the state boards in the country. Taking this tradition forward, BSEB is all set to release the official date sheet of Class 10th (Matriculation) and Class 12th (Intermediate) annual examinations for the academic session 2026-27 in the third week of November or early December. The exact exam dates for all the subjects of Science, Arts, Commerce and Vocational stream will become clear with the release of the official schedule. Students will be able to check the complete exam calendar through the official website of the board, biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in and official social media handles.

As per the previous years pattern and probable calendar of Bihar School Examination Board, the Intermediate (Class 12th) annual theory examinations will be conducted in the first week of February 2027 (potentially from 1st or 2nd February to 13-15th February 2027). At the same time, the annual examinations of Matriculation (Class 10th) will be conducted in the third week of February 2027 (possibly from 17 February to 25 February 2027). Practical exams of both the classes are expected to be conducted in January 2027. Both Matriculation and Inter examinations are conducted by Bihar Board in offline pen-and-paper mode in two shifts every day. The first shift (First Sitting) will operate from 9:30 am to 12:45 pm and the second shift (Second Sitting) will operate from 2:00 pm to 5:15 pm. In each shift, candidates are provided an additional ‘Cool-Off Time’ of initial 15 minutes to read and understand the question paper.

Before appearing in the annual examination of the Board, it is mandatory for all regular students to appear and pass the Sent-Up Examination conducted in their school or college. As per the official schedule released by BSEB, Intermediate (12th) sent-up examinations are being conducted from November 19 to November 28, 2026 and Matric (10th) sent-up examinations are being conducted from November 23 to November 27, 2026. After this, the practical sent-up examination of Matriculation will be conducted on 28th November and the practical sent-up examination of Intermediate will be conducted between 30th November to 2nd December 2026. The board has given clear instructions that students who remain absent or fail in the sent-up examination will not be issued admit card for the main board examination. Apart from this, students must get any error related to name, parents’ names, date of birth, photo or subject corrected in the Dummy Admit Card issued for the main examination through their school principal by the prescribed date.

As soon as the official datesheet is released, students can easily download the PDF from their mobile or laptop sitting at home. For this, first of all go to the official website of Bihar School Examination Board biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in. Click on the link ‘BSEB Intermediate Annual Exam Time Table 2027’ or ‘BSEB Matric Annual Exam Time Table 2027’ under ‘Latest Updates’ or ‘Student Section’ on the home page. As soon as the link opens, the complete exam schedule subject wise and date wise will open on your screen in PDF format. In this, carefully check your subject code, exam date and shift (1st or 2nd) and save the PDF and keep its printout near your study table.

CCTV surveillance and strict checking system will be in place for malpractice-free examination at the examination centers of all 38 districts of Bihar including Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Purnia and Arrah. Since 50 percent objective/MCQ questions are asked in Bihar Board question papers, students should regularly practice NCERT and SCERT textbooks as well as official model papers released by the board and last five years’ question papers. Do not believe any kind of misleading or fake viral datesheet and for accurate information contact only the official website of the board or helpline number 0612-2232074.